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15–4. CAC to provide flag and flag case a. Interment flags. The CAC preparing the remains will send one flag with the remains. Other authorized flags will be provided by the CAC providing military burial honors. b. Flag cases. The CAC providing military burial honors will provide all of the authorized flag cases. 15–5. Procedures Procedures for the procurement, preparation, and presentation of interment flags and cases are found in DA PAM 638–2. 15–6. Care and display of the flag a. During shipment of remains. The transfer case or outer shipping container will not be draped with the flag during shipment of remains by common carrier or military aircraft. b. On arrival at destination air terminal. The casket will be removed from shipping container at destination air terminal. The casket will be checked for damage. The flag will then be draped over the casketed remains for movement of the remains to destination. c. Casket display. When the closed casket is exposed to public view the flag will be draped lengthwise over the casket with the union (blue field) at the head over the left shoulder of the deceased. The flag in the shipping container will be used to drape the casket at the funeral home and during interment services. d. Closed casket. When a flag is used to drape a closed casket, it will be displayed on the casket as in c above. The flag will not be lowered into the grave or allowed to touch the ground. For further instructions on how to display the flag on the casket and how to fold the flag in a cocked hat design, see DA PAM 638–2. e. More than one flag. When more than one flag is to be presented, each flag should drape the casket at some time. Sentimental value of the flag is increased when it has draped the casket of the deceased. 15–7. Presenting flag at interment services a. To the PADD. After interment services the flag draping the casket will be folded and presented by the officer in charge/noncommissioned officer in charge (OIC/NCOIC) of the honors detail, CAO, chaplain or clergyman, superintendent of the national cemetery, or other person selected by the PADD. b. To parent. The CAC will contact the parents regarding their desires for presentation of a flag at interment services. If the parents are not present at interment services, the flag designated for them will be returned to the CAC providing honors. The CAC will arrange for subsequent presentation or delivery . c. Group remains. The flag draping the casket of group remains during the interment service is not presented to the PADD or parent of any decedent included in the group remains. This flag is retained by the Government cemetery superintendent for display or use on special occasions (such as Memorial Day or Veterans’ Day) or special places (such as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier). Flags that have draped the casket prior to the interment service will be presented to authorized flag recipients during the interment service. 15–8. Record of recipients receiving interment flags The CAC providing honors will report the names and relationships of persons to whom flags were presented. If one of the authorized recipients is not presented the flag for any reason, this will be stated on the report. 15–9. Flags for sea burials and nonrecovered remains a. Burial at sea. When remains of soldiers are buried at sea, a flag with case will be provided as stated in paragraph 15–1. b. Nonrecovered remains. The flag for memorial purposes is authorized for those soldiers declared dead and carried in a nonrecovered status after 1 January 1961. (See chap 14.) Chapter 16 Government Headstones and Markers 16–1. Persons eligible for Government headstone or marker The VA will provide a headstone or marker at Government expense for those listed below. (See the glossary for explanation of the terms headstone and marker.) a. Any person buried in a national or post cemetery, or State Veterans’ cemetery. b. Eligible soldiers (table 2–1) who die on active duty and who are buried in non-Government cemeteries. c. Any veteran who served in the military service and was not dishonorably discharged. 64 AR 638–2 • 22 December 2000
16–2. Application for headstone or marker a. Non-Government cemetery. If burial is in a non-Government cemetery, the PADD (or an interested individual) may obtain a regulation Government headstone or marker, without cost, to mark the grave of an eligible deceased person by submitting a completed VA Form 40–1330 (Application for Headstone or Marker) to the following: Director, Monument Services (42–A), VA Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington DC 20420. Blank forms will be provided to the PADD by the CAO or the local funeral director. Blank forms are available at VA offices. b. Government cemetery. If burial is in a Government cemetery, the director or superintendent of the cemetery or the post commander will prepare the necessary form for the headstone or marker. 16–3. Memorial headstone or marker a. Persons eligible for a memorial marker. The memorial marker is authorized for a soldier whose remains— (1) Have been determined nonrecoverable. (2) Were buried at sea, whether by choice of the PADD or otherwise. (3) Were donated to science. (4) Were cremated and the ashes scattered without interment of any portion of the ashes. b. Inscription on memorial marker. Memorial markers will contain the inscription “In Memory of....” c. Obtaining a memorial marker. The PADD may obtain without cost a memorial headstone or marker for eligible decedents by submitting a completed VA Form 40–1330. This form will be addressed to the VA as in paragraph 16–2a. 16–4. Group burial marker A group marker containing names of the decedents in the group will be erected by the Government in the Government cemetery utilized for the group burial. Restrictions may apply on erecting the memorial marker in the same cemetery as the group burial marker. The superintendent of the cemetery where the group burial was accomplished should be contacted concerning erection of a memorial marker in the same cemetery. The marker can be erected by the PADD in another cemetery (national or private) at the PADD’s own expense. 16–5. Shipment and erection costs for headstones or markers a. Non-Government cemetery. The Government will prepay shipping charges on the headstone or marker for delivery to the consignee (normally the cemetery where the headstone or marker will be erected). Costs for erecting the headstone or marker in the cemetery is a reimbursable expense under the interment allowance. b. Government cemetery. All expenses are borne by the Government. Part Two Disposition of Personal Effects of Deceased and Missing Personnel Chapter 17 Personal Effects 17–1. Scope a. The provisions of this chapter apply to all PE in the custody, control or under the jurisdiction of the Army except for the PE of enemy prisoners of war and civilian internees (see AR 190–8 and AR 190–57). b. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to— (1) Disposition of PE of Armed Forces personnel other than Army. These PE will be processed as prescribed by pertinent Service directives or as directed by the responsible commander. (2) The PE in the custody of the legal representative or spouse of deceased and missing personnel. Transportation of this property is governed by AR 55–355 and the JFTR. (3) Transportation (as distinguished from recovery and disposition) of PE (see AR 55–71, chap 10). (4) Disposal of abandoned or unclaimed property. Disposition of this property will be made through Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service channels. (5) The PE of enemy prisoners of war and civilian internees; disposition of their property is governed by AR 190–8 or AR 190–57. (6) The PE of soldiers who are prisoners, absent without leave (AWOL), or deserters (see AR 700–84). (7) The PE of soldiers who are patients in medical treatment facilities and not deceased (see AR 40–400). 17–2. Statutory authority a. Deceased soldier. The law governing the disposition of a deceased soldier’s PE is codified at 10 USC 4712. b. Missing soldier. The law governing the disposition of a missing soldier’s PE is codified at 37 USC 554. AR 638–2 • 22 December 2000 65
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Army Regulation 638-2 Deceased Pers
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